[영어기사/The Week] 연준 의장, "경기가 회복되려면 18개월은 걸린다."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/17/business/economy/fed-powell-economic-recovery.html

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단어 정리

drag on: 질질 끌다

second half of the year: 하반기(6월부터 12월)

필사리뷰

Fed chair says full economic recovery could take 18 months

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Sunday that the full recovery from lockdowns intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus could take until late 2021. "This economy will recover; it may take a while," Powell said on CBS's 60 Minutes. Powell described the crisis as the "biggest shock that the economy's had in living memory." The coronavirus lockdowns have brought much of the economy to a halt, leaving tens of millions of Americans jobless. Powell has urged to Congress and the White House to provide more support for individuals and businesses if the pandemic drags on. He said that the economy would recover steadily in the second half of 2020, "assuming that there's not a second wave of the coronavirus."